If all I want to do is have links to the topics started (and replies created) by the user who is logged in, and I want something simpler than ProfileGrid and UsersWP, what words should I be using to search http://www.wpbeginner.com? Is there a better way to find which one to use?

Do I even need another plugin to do that? Did I fail to see what I need when I was looking through the bbPress and Style Pack widgets, the bbp Style Pack tabs, and the bbPress shortcodes?

[@jason975 Participant 3 years, 6 months ago]

I would also like the options of “Topics Replied To” and “Subscriptions”. I would like for it to look something like

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tDn-54qvuhLe0_yqoUtA4S_zuYE7XqIO/view?usp=sharing

which is part of a screen that looks like

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1460rnXZZ43auHj0jE9YByxf3-hcg72x7/view?usp=sharing

I’ve found plugins that I think I can do this with, but I don’t know how reliable and dangerous those plugins are to use. If possible, I’d like to compare a widget (that can do what I described above) with a page (from a menu) that can also do it. The above two links went to two pictures. Also, please tell me what specific plugin, pages, or etc. was/were used to create the parts of those two pictures (that are specifically of a bbPress page) that I have been describing.

Thank you.

[@jason975 Participant 3 years, 6 months ago]

Do the topics at

https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/user-activity-topics-started-or-replied-to/

and

https://bbpress.org/forums/topic/user-activity-topics-started/

mean that it can only be done with (what is to me) a lot of code? I’ll learn the code if I have to, but right now I’m looking for something easier, even if it doesn’t give me a lot of control. I know I said I found plugins, but I’d trust what I found so much more if they were discussed in places like wpbeginner and this bbPress support forum. How can I tell if I should go with a plugin?

Adding tags like “user activity”, “activity widget”, and “activity menu” might make this topic helpful for others, unless what I’m looking for is called something else that I don’t know the name of.

Was it wrong to create this reply, if it is bumping?

Thank you.

[@jason975 Participant 3 years, 6 months ago]

I added the tags that I mentioned above.

I went from worrying that I wouldn’t be able to find out which ones (I have to choose from) are reliable and safe to finding only two that I would go with (if they were for free). They are

Ultimate Member – User Profile, User Registration, Login & Membership Plugin

and

UsersWP – User Profile & Registration.

But, they are not for free.

If you know, you might save me a lot of time by telling me if I can find one that will do it for free, because I haven’t stopped searching for one that is for free, and I’m not very knowledgeable about this. If they aren’t, why aren’t they for free, when so many things are?

Thank you.

[@jason975 Participant 3 years, 6 months ago]

I’m still trying to confirm that the last two plugins I mentioned only have paid solutions to the problem that I have. Don’t trust my search skills more than I do!

Moreover, I wouldn’t be offended if you pointed out that I wrote something silly (like what I implied about ProfileGrid and UsersWP) especially if it gives me more information, helps me solve my problem, gives me a chance to apologize for being (unnecessarily) offensive, and results in more conversation. For example, I would have appreciated it if someone told me earlier that I should have considered ProfileGrid (as a free solution) more. I’m still looking for more free solutions.

Still, I hope my replies have been useful, or at least harmless.